If you come to Sedona to enjoy the beautiful red rocks or try to experience a vortex or two, you are not alone. Hiking in the red rocks accounts for the majority of Sedona visitors' aspirations and it's estimated that about half of the visitors to Sedona want to experience a vortex. To help you maximize your Sedona experience, we've developed four books (two hiking books, two vortex books), GPS data sets of the Sedona hiking trails, and a set of four individual vortex maps.
For those looking for more complete, detailed information on hiking Sedona trails, we have published a revised second edition of our hiking guide entitled (obviously), Great Sedona Hikes. Completely updated in November 2011 and printed and bound in the USA, it expands upon the best selling premier edition, and is the latest and most complete Sedona hiking guide available. We've set up a special section that features our 12 favorite hikes. We've hiked and evaluated virtually every Sedona hiking trail and the guide contains information on the best 55 trails. We've included specific directions to the trailheads, colorful commentary, and many GPS checkpoints with elevation data for each trail. The included trail maps are accurate because they are based on the actual GPS "tracks" of the trails. The hiking guide includes several hikes not found in other guidebooks. And to help you decide which trails to hike, we listed hikes according to feature. For example, do you want to hike to a natural stone arch? Along a waterway? How about a hike that includes a vortex site? For non-hikers, the guide includes scenic driving tours of the area. The Sedona hiking trails and parking areas are constantly changing but our hiking guide is up-to-date. We hike every week so we are familiar with the latest trail conditions.
The price of Great Sedona Hikes Revised Second Edition is $16.95
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We published our first Sedona hiking book (Great Sedona Hikes Premier Edition) in February 2010. It quickly became the best-selling Sedona hiking book available. With 50 hikes, specific directions to the hiking trail parking areas, and detailed descriptions of the trails, it has proven to be an excellent reference book for beginning as well as experienced hikers. Great Sedona Hikes Second Edition improves on the Premier Edition with the changes described above. Although there have been many changes to the trails, the Premier Edition may serve the needs of some hikers.
The best-selling premier edition of Great Sedona Hikes is still available and costs $15.95. It is available by clicking here
or
Great Sedona Hikes Revised Color Edition, a full color guidebook containing the best 26 hikes in Sedona
We also have a color version of our hiking book. We totally updated the book in November 2011 and decided to have the full color guide also printed and bound in the USA rather than have it done in Asia. It is more expensive to have it printed in the USA but we believe we should support American companies. To keep to cost reasonable, we selected the top 26 hikes amongst the best 55 from the black and white edition above. The full color guide contains beautiful color photos of the best 26 trails and includes color trail maps. We completely updated this book in November 2011 with new maps, new descriptions and added elevation data to all of the hikes. This color edition, like the black and white version above is the latest and most complete Sedona hiking guide available. We've hiked and evaluated virtually every Sedona hiking trail and the guide contains information on the best 26 trails. We've included specific directions to the trailheads, descriptive commentary, and many GPS checkpoints for each trail. The included trail maps are accurate because they are based on the actual GPS "tracks" of the trails.
The price of Great Sedona Hikes Revised Color Edition is only $19.95.
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Hiking the Vortexes - Color Edition is
an easy-to-use guide to finding and understanding Sedona's vortexes
Over one half of Sedona's visitors have heard of the vortex energy from vortexes (vortices) in and around Sedona. Hiking the Vortexes - Color Edition is the most practical and up-to-date guide to reveal the locations of Sedona's vortexes and power spots. It is printed and bound in the USA and contains background information on vortexes, how to prepare yourself for your vortex experience, and a master map to their locations. Individual detailed maps complete with GPS waypoints make it easy to drive to the parking areas for each of Sedona's four main vortexes. After you park, individual trail maps (based on actual GPS tracks) and beautiful full color photographs guide you to these four well-known vortexes.
As an added bonus, ten other "power spots" where vortex energy has been discovered are identified and directions to each are included.
If you want to find the best-known and least-known Sedona vortexes, and have a chance to experience their magic and power, this book is for you.
The price of Hiking the Vortexes Color Edition is $13.95 and is available by clicking here
We also offer the same vortex information in a black and white (non color) version. The difference is the photographs and maps as illustrated below. When people look at the two editions side-by-side they usually prefer the color edition because of the beautiful color photographs and maps. But the black and white version may meet your needs.
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Color Edition
Black and White Version
Hiking the Vortexes (black and white version) contains the same information as the color edition above, but without the color. If you are on a budget or beautiful color photos and maps aren't worth the few extra dollars, then by all means buy the black and white edition. Because the two editions have the same content, the black and white version also contains background information on vortexes, how to prepare for your vortex experience, and a master map to their locations. Individual detailed maps complete with GPS waypoints make it easy to drive to the parking areas for each of Sedona's four main vortexes. After you park, individual trail maps (based on actual GPS tracks) and photographs guide you to these four well-known vortexes.
As an added bonus, ten other "power spots" where vortex energy has been discovered are identified and directions to each are included.
If you want to find the best-known and least-known Sedona vortexes, and have a chance to experience their magic and power, this budget-priced book is for you. This edition is also printed and bound in the USA.
The cost of Hiking the Vortexes (black and white edition) is $10.95 and is available by clicking here
GPS Data For Portable GPS Units
If you have a portable GPS unit with mapping software (so that you can upload GPS maps and routes to your portable GPS unit) I have a file available containing more than 80 hiking trails in Sedona. Click here for more information.
Vortex Maps
As an alternative to the Hiking the Vortexes books we've developed a Vortex Guide which includes maps to the four main Sedona vortexes. We also include an explanation of vortex energy, history and how best to maximize your vortex experience in the Vortex Guide. The Vortex Guide with the full color maps and vortex information is available for download here.
Top 10 Trail Maps
Finally, I have available detailed maps and descriptions of our top 10 hikes (Bear Mountain, Boynton Canyon, Brins Mesa, Devil's Bridge, Doe Mountain, Fay Canyon, Little Horse, Llama, Secret Canyon Loop, and West Fork). The maps and descriptions are contained on individual pages which you download as a zipped file and print at your convenience. After your PayPal payment, I'll send you a zip file containing the file. They are available by clicking below: (Note: if you want the file sent to a different address than your Paypal account has on record, please let me know.)
Great Sedona Hikes
Revised; January 11, 2012
Web Page by Bill Bohan (billbo@greatsedonahikes.com)